Greetings, all. My wife has some long distance driving coming up, and asked me for some good reggae "driving music", which essentially means something which will keep her alert on the road. I can think of a few tunes (Welton Irie's "Deuteronomy" and U Brown's "Archiebella", for example), but while those songs are great much of what I personally prefer runs at a somewhat slower tempo. Anyone have any suggestions from the early 1970s to early 1980s? She'd also probably enjoy slower rhythms if these showed up on later 1980s dancehall hits (e.g. "Stalag"). Thanks for any input.

Strangely enough, perhaps, I like driving to heavy brooding stuff, such as early Roots Radics dub albums... Yeah, I know the mid 80s stuff would fit the bill, but I'm limiting myself to what I already have in my music collection. Thanks though.

I think driving music depends on the driver's tastes and the distance they're travelling. Personally, I have been limited due to format restrictions for a while. Playing old tapes a lot in my personal vehicle. But my work vehicle has the bluetooth dem. So I been playing the killer 80's mixes certain digital dons have loosed on the forum here. Firehouse, Early Days... perfect imho behind the wheel.

Just a word of caution about your choice of tunes pon da road... make sure your selection isn't too dread and you don't find yourself dancing hard while driving the said vehicle. Those pedals and the steering wheel get in the way big time!